Is it possible for me to do work outs at home that will give me fairly good abs and arms? I do not expect any easy work outs, fast ones (abs in a week, etc) or for these alone to get me "chisled features". But I wouldn’t mind to be in a bit better shape. I am not over weight, I am at about 14% body fat.
I’m trying to determine if by equipment you mean machines or everything ranging from dumbells and up. Commercials on TV portray that machines are needed to acquire a great looking and defined body. It is not true at all. If you get dumbells even just for the little extra weight. That will help. Do your situps, pushups, plenty of running. You could also try yoga as that has been very popular and effective. The most important thing is to stick to your schedule. At the beginning, it’s easy to miss a few days and get far behind. It’s dedication and motivation.
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Do pilates, yoga, tae bo, etc with youtube videos.
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Hershel Walker (ex nfl football star) claimed to never use weights, just did situps, push ups, and chin ups.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&um=1&q=hershel+walker&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=20
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I’m trying to determine if by equipment you mean machines or everything ranging from dumbells and up. Commercials on TV portray that machines are needed to acquire a great looking and defined body. It is not true at all. If you get dumbells even just for the little extra weight. That will help. Do your situps, pushups, plenty of running. You could also try yoga as that has been very popular and effective. The most important thing is to stick to your schedule. At the beginning, it’s easy to miss a few days and get far behind. It’s dedication and motivation.
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Oh course! I once saw a video where you can get fairly good abs just using your couch. There are plenty of ways of getting in shape at home. Doing normal push-ups would also help. I would also suggest doing army push-ups 😛 Its like a normal push-up, only your hands are in a shape of a triangle. Thumbs touching and index touching. Its a damn good work-out, and works better than normal push-ups, Hope this helped a little. 😀
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Hey friend! Good question. My answer is yes! Definetely!!
You know why it is possible and why you will succeed? Because your expectations are extremely realistic.
Do push ups, 35 push ups every other day. Sit ups, jog 30 minutes 3 times a week. Do crunches, 50 everyday. There are soo many exercises you can do at home without equipement!
http://www.exercise-without-equipment.com/ Check this, it helps!
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Me! I lost 16 pounds and almost got abs. Good luck mate.
Yes it is possible. I do this myself. I do isometric exercises. With isometrics, you can work your whole body, gaining strength and muscle mass, taking only, say, 10-15 minutes a day. The idea behind it is that the key to muscle-building is the INTENSITY more than the duration of the exercises.
The point of maximum results to your workout is when your muscle fibers are stimulated to their maximum. Take the bicep for example: The bicep is relatively weak when the arm is fully extended. It’s at its strongest when it gets past the 90-degree angle position. So, a good isometric exercise is to start out at that strongest point (90-degrees), and TIGHTEN that muscle as HARD as possible. HOLD that tension for a count of, say 30 (until your muscle is fully exhausted). Then slowly relax the muscle.
Stretch your arm the other direction to fully relax it afterward. This allows your muscle to rest and begins the building-up process.
Here’s another example: for the chest. One of my favorite exercises involves making a circle-shape with my arms, with the hands clasped together out in front of me. Tense up the chest muscles, pushing your hands against each other AS HARD AS YOU CAN until you are exhausted (30 seconds or less, normally). Keep your focus on your pectoral muscles as you do this. Then, slowly relax your muscles and stretch your arms out, stretching out your chest muscles.
Now for the abs: Take a deep breath and hold it. Tighten up your abs as hard as you can while slowly exhaling. Keep your abs REALLY TIGHT for 30 seconds if you can (being sure to exhale throughout — and inhaling as needed — you don’t want to pass out by not breathing). Repeat this a few times. Later on in the day, do it again, only this time from a slouching position or lean forward. You can vary this a bit, too, but giving attention to your side (love handle) area. You can even do them again at odd moments of the day if you want.
Do the exercises each day. And you will be amazed at the results. I have found isometrics to give me the gains of weight training and even better. Check out these articles below for more info. I can only say that these work for me.
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http://ezinearticles.com/?id=2495639
http://ezinearticles.com/?id=2500442